Sausage linking and twisting machine.



kH. W. LOUDEN, SEK SAUSAGE LINKIN@ AND TWS APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20,190% 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Gwi h1 @ons @www5 PATENTED DB0. 17, 1907.

H.v W. LOUDEN, SR. SAUSAGE LINKING AND TWISTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION YLEDMAR.20,1907.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2 -TLTIRI Il lniuhl mw wi tucasa No. 873,877. PATENTEDDEG. 17, 1907. H. W. LODEN, SR, SAUSGE LINBIXNG ND TWISTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1907.

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attenta# To all whom it may concern:

HENRY W. reunen', sri., or LEBANON, riiNNsYLvANii.

sAUsAGn unirme ann 'rivisriire MACHINE.

Specification of Letters I atent patented nec. 17,1907'.

l Application filed March 20.1907. Serial'No. 363.432. y

Be it, known that I, HENRY W. LUDEN, Sr. a citizen of the United States,residing at Lebanon, in the countyof Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sausage Linking andTwisting Machines; and I do hereby vdeclare the 'following to be a full,clear, and

, exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which .it appertains to make and use the same.

" twisting .the part of the casing betvveen the f A,ifi/Iy inventionrelates tothe manufacture' links to cause them'topermaneiitly retaintheir divided or link fori l v f The invention has for its objecteconomy in ltime and labor, and the roduction of` f, 'sausage links ofuniform lengt and the invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction which will be fullydisclosed in the following specificationand'claims.'y

lng-the'. accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecifications-Figure 1 vnepresents -a front elevation of a machine.embodying 'n'iy invention. `ration Aof the saine. (sa

' and on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 2 a side ele-` Fig. 3 a plan view of the compression or linkingforks detached, Fig. 4 an elevation j .0f the intermittent gear fordriving the link rece tacle 9 in position, and Within which it '-50position Withv its contained filled sausage-I casings, and asreadily'removed when empty.

forming disks and the receiving receptacle, land, Fig. 5 an end viewofthe saine.

Reference bein had to the drawings and the` designating c aractei'sthereon, 1 indicates the base plate or bottom of the frame ofthemachine, 2, 2, the sides, 3 the front, 4 the backk plate of theframe, 5 the top plate,'all

'of which parts are properly secured together by bolts, notshovvn. Thetop plate 5.is provided with a tubular projection 6 to receive a likeextension 7 ofthe horizontal plate 8 Which supports the sausagereceptacle 9, and

in which the iilled sausage casiiigs as they l' Y proceed from astuiling or filling machine are coiled. The plate 8 is provided with avertical and annular flange' 1() for retaining the fits oosely, so thatit can be readily put in and to be replaced by another filledreceptacle, The receptacle-9 is provided with an devices. vhorizontalspur gear 'wheel 11, having spiral tacle 44.

opening in the center of its bottoni, not 55 shown, through which thefilled sausagecasings pass into the tubular extension 7 and on down tothe sausage dividing or linking On the extension 7 is secured a orhelical teeth, vwhich engages with a like gear wheel 12 on shaft 13 andis revolved by crank 14 or any preferred driving means,

4such as a pulley. The shaft 13 is supported in bearings 15, 16 on thei'ranie.

17, 1S are opposite disks provided with a. concave groove 1) 'in theperiphery thereof to allow the passage of a sansa re between the disks,and. the rim 2() of the dis is is provided with recesses 21 .in whichare compression or linking jaws or forks 22, which are shown iiitegralwith an arm adjustably and detachably'sceured to the disks, theyv mayhowever be cast integral with the rim oi the disk. The recesses 21 arespaced apart, the length of the link of the f,....usage desired, and iiithe revolution of the disks 17 18, the forks cross each other andcompress the filling iii the casing into a-'small neck, the dimensionsofthe opening 24 between forks, as shown inr 80 Fig. 3. The disks 17,18are supported reespectively on shafts 25 and 2G, on which are helicalspur gear wheels 27 and 28,l and the disks are revolved toward eachother by a helical spur gear 29, engaging the' helical spur 85 gear 27-and a helical spur gear 30 engaging the helical spur gear 28, and theslial't 31 on wliiclithe gears 29 and 3() are secured, is supported inbearings 32 and 33. The spur gear Wheels with spirally arranged orhelical teeth 90 are Well known vand require no furthereXenipli'i'ie'ation or illustration.

On the shaft 13 is secured' a disk 34- having a hub 35 and a lockingmember 36, and a roller wrist or crank pin 37,. On. the shaft 31 95 issecured a plate 38 having a 'series of radial slots 39 correspondingwith the'iiumbei" ot', recesses 21, in each disk 17, 18, and said slotsare engaged by the pin 37 in the revolution of the disk 34 and'impartintermittent mo- 100 tion to the disks 17, 18,' and to the reeepF Theplate 38', is provided with a hub 40, and inthe ends of the armsbetween-the slots 39, are concave seats 41 which engage the` 105periphery of the member 36 andthe member 36, is cut away at 42 toallovvthe points l3nt the arms to pass. During the time that the,`

u o engage the nate with ihe nieniliei Eli, thus next slot in rotation,the

imparting interplato having a vertical shalt 46 supported in a bracket4T i and its arin 2.15, and the receptacle is held in position. on theplate 45, hy a projeetioii 4:9 thereon whieh entends into the concentricoi'ieniiig 5() ol the receptacle, taule-aldi, is made annular to causethe linked sausages to he deposited therein in coiled layers so thatthey inay he readily reiiioved lroin the iwfi-iptaelo and hung ou a polefor curing. removed and an empty one nur in its place.

The receptacle dal is revolved hy ay belt 5l engaging a. ii'ulley onshalt 46, idler iiulleys 5.3i and .54 on shalt 55, and pulley 5G onshalt and the receptacle l has intermittent rotary inotion impartedthereto in the saine direction as the iiiolion ol the sunnlyieeeptaeleEl. The linked sausages are guided into the receptacle Llil hy a roller57 and iii-ll into the annular chamber 58 oi" the receptacle. lt obviousthat the reifentaole "il and its support niay he dispensed with and thelinked sausi` able receptacle be removed hy hand.

The operatii'in oi" the niaohine is as follows:l f

-iiilleijl casinos or sausages stuiliiig in aeiiine n, leaving thecenter open and plate S, 'the loose end oi'I the sausage is then passeddown through the extension. 7 of the Vplate 8 until it reaches sliai' ti3 is revolved and coming lroni a i t the to the disks' 17 and 18carrying the arins 2? The rotary motion et the receptacle Q twists theeasing while held between the forks 22 of the opposite disks 17, 18, andthe receptacle A is revolved intermittently in unison with the disks i7and lts toreeeive the linked sau sages as 'they proceed from disks l?and 1S.

i t envious that und :'onnee'ting said parts i. ieviilviiig d lin*linked f" analoog oisnch Quang 3N is held stationary hy its engagement itween said receptacles ineans for imparting. continuous rotarynioreceptacle, and ineans lor As one rialeplai'le il is ililled, it is`L chine, ay sausage su lile support 'for sai( sage ior sausages throngY deposited on i the bottoni plate ol the 'machine or in asuitcontinuous rotary inotion to eeptaele, a linked sausage receptacle,and ineens 'for imparting rotary motion to the linking disks, and to thelinked .sausage rerontinuous rotary inol f l tion inav he imparted tothe disks and the s" receiving reeeptai'le hy suhstitutng l tilissausage i l a higher rate ol sneed no lurther elueidation.

l laying thus fully described my invention,

i what l ela-iin inittent motion to the disks 17, is, mul uw l. ln asausage linking and twisting inachine, a sausage supply receptacle,revoluhle transversely to the line of ieed ofthe sauj sages, `means lorlinking sausages, ineans for imparting continuous rotary motion to saidijei'epiaele, and inoans for imparting rotary motion to the linkingdevice.

ln a sausage linking and twisting inal chine, a sausage supily recetaele revoluble transversely to the The reiepine of eed of thesausausage reee taele, means befor .inking sausages,

sages, a linked tion lo the supply iinpari ing rotary inotion to thelinking device and the lutter receptacle.

3. i ln 4a sausage linking and twisting inaply receptacle, a revolureceitacle having a pasli the center thereof, disks provided with ineans fordividing the sausages i iii o links, nieans for imparting oontinuoiisrol-ary motion to said receptacle, and means for imparting rotaryinotion to said i disks.

4,' in a sausage linking and twisting niay chine, a sausage supplyreceptacle, a revoluble support for said receptacle having a pasi'orsausages through the center thereof, a receptacle for linked sausages, arevoluble su i iort for said rece itaele disks rovided .l 1

with ineans for dividing thev sausages into links, ineans tor impartingcontinuous rotary j motion to the supply receptacle, and means arecoiled in the receptacle ,1 placed on the i or imparting rotary inotionto said disks and the latter receptacle.

.5. In a sausage linking and twisting ina- Chine, a sausage supplyreceptacle, al revoluforks 22,- when tlieV a regular rotary niotion isimparted to the receptacle 9. 'saine 'tinie intermittent inotion isimparted lilo support for said'reeeptacle having a tubular extensiontheieonforining a passage for sausages, opposite disks having recessesin the riins thereof, bi'liureated members in said reiwsses for dividingthe sausages into links and holding the oint between the links While'they lare being twisted, means for imparting the supply reeeptaele.

6. in a sausage linking and tivisting maing a vertical tubular extensionthereon forming a 'passage for sausages, a gearwheel on said extension.,a gear-wlieel engaging the wheel on sai-l er'tension, a. power shaftsupf porting i x:araiilieeh a pairo disks provided with means fordividing-sausages into linksJ and means for imparting rot'aryniotion tosaid disks.

7. In a sausage linking and twisting Inachine, a revoluble sausagesupply receptacle, a pair oi' revoluble disks provided with means fordividing filled sausage ea'sings into links, and a revoluble linkedsausage receptacle,

means 'for revolving` the sausage supply re- .cept-ade, and means forrevolving the linking 10 disks and the linked sausage receptacle.synchronously. v

ln testimony Whereol aliX my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY W. LOUDEN, SR. Witnesses: f

G. E. KNEY, E. T. LIGHT.

